Information Office of Hubei Provincial People's Government held a press conference on August 7,and announced the official launch of the campaign of “Free Tours in Hubei with Love”. The campaign’s from August 8, 2020 to the end of 2020 with the golden week of “National Day” included, and A-rated tourist attractions throughout the province would be open to tourists throughout the country for free. Jingzhou municipality held opening ceremony for the campaign of “Free Tours in Hubei with Love and Joy of Jingzhou” with the whole province simultaneously on the same day.

Sun Yuqiu, Vice Mayor of the Jingzhou Municipal People's Government attended the event, and LiuZongbiao, Director of Jingzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism announced campaign plan of “Free Tours in Hubei with Love and Joy of Jingzhou”.Folk song of Young Folks Staring at EachOther with Love, dance of Vital Chu,dance with song of Walking in the SpringBreeze and other entertainments were performed during the event. Responsiblepersons of bureau of culture and tourism at municipal, county, city anddistrict level, representatives of tourism industry, tourists, citizenvolunteers and other over 200 people attended the opening ceremony.

On the premise of doing a good job in outbreak prevention and control as well as guarantee ofservice quality, tourist attractions in Jingzhou municipality open to touristsfor free by means of government procurement + tourist attraction concession. Freeadmission mainly covers Historical and Cultural Tourism Area of the AncientCity of Jingzhou, Chu King's Chariot and Horse Array Scenic Spot, JingzhouMuseum, Songzi Weishui Scenic Area, Honghu Yuexi Peninsula Scenic Area andother 12 A-rated tourist attractions along with 3 non-A-rated tourist attractions of Jingzhou Garden Expo, Jingzhou Ocean World and Honghu Golden BayFlow Ocean.

Relatedresponsible persons of Jingzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourismintroduced traveling and booking method for “free admission of A-rated and non-A-ratedtourist attractions in Jingzhou to tourists throughout the country”. Ctrip.comis the online booking platform of Jingzhou municipality. Tourists throughoutthe country may access to and use the link of “Free Tours in Hubei with Love” officiallyreleased by Hubei Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism with ID card andhealth code, and choose tourist attractions they are interested in forelectronic credentials for free tickets. Free tickets will be continuouslygiven out by different period of time pursuant to visitor limit related rules,and tickets of each period will be given out on first-come first-served basis. Groupsneed to book tickets of tourist attractions through travel agencies in advance,and those successfully book the tickets are allowed to enter tourist attractions for free or at preferential prices.